Too late to do "40 acres and mule" but why not reparations? My proposal: End every federal welfare and affirmative action program. Instead, establish a Federal Reparations Court. Anyone seeking damages - based on race, sex, etc. - bring your case before the court, demonstrate the facts, evidence and merits. Due process. Equal justice. One class: American citizen.
Ok Meade, sounds good on paper...but are folks going to get free (and decent) representation at these things? Or will people who really cannot afford it be left at the mercy of ambulance chasers? (all know how that ends up) Then there's the issue of making sure you don't unfairly burden others -- you can't expect some minimum wage sonofabitch to bear the brunt for paying for this (not without said SOB pitching a fit, and rightly so -- turnips tend to angry when squeezed)...it's going to have to come from comfortable people first and foremost, those who consider sporty cars, fine Thanksgiving feasts, and artsy remodels, and or the Mitt Romneys of this world (and from what I've seen...fat chance of that happening; they'll want have it go through to pat themselves on the back, but don't touch the budget for their wine tasting tour vacation and new outdoor, artisan tiled back patio, or car elevators...the turnips obviously should pay).
I'm not disagreeing with you persay: but the devil is in the particulars. That's where it always winds up falling apart, and causing more problems than good.
Too bad we didn't go with the 40 acres, the mule, and a nice little nest egg (and most importantly -- fair and equal representation under the law) when we should have; we've been scrambling (and scrambled) ever since.
Too late to do "40 acres and mule" but why not reparations? My proposal: End every federal welfare and affirmative action program. Instead, establish a Federal Reparations Court. Anyone seeking damages - based on race, sex, etc. - bring your case before the court, demonstrate the facts, evidence and merits. Due process. Equal justice. One class: American citizen.
ReplyDeleteYea, Meade!
ReplyDeleteOk Meade, sounds good on paper...but are folks going to get free (and decent) representation at these things? Or will people who really cannot afford it be left at the mercy of ambulance chasers? (all know how that ends up)
ReplyDeleteThen there's the issue of making sure you don't unfairly burden others -- you can't expect some minimum wage sonofabitch to bear the brunt for paying for this (not without said SOB pitching a fit, and rightly so -- turnips tend to angry when squeezed)...it's going to have to come from comfortable people first and foremost, those who consider sporty cars, fine Thanksgiving feasts, and artsy remodels, and or the Mitt Romneys of this world (and from what I've seen...fat chance of that happening; they'll want have it go through to pat themselves on the back, but don't touch the budget for their wine tasting tour vacation and new outdoor, artisan tiled back patio, or car elevators...the turnips obviously should pay).
I'm not disagreeing with you persay: but the devil is in the particulars.
That's where it always winds up falling apart, and causing more problems than good.
Too bad we didn't go with the 40 acres, the mule, and a nice little nest egg (and most importantly -- fair and equal representation under the law) when we should have; we've been scrambling (and scrambled) ever since.
PW